A spokeswoman said: “The change to the new Flame Grill branding has generally been very well received by our customers.

“However, we do accept that the changes may not be right in all 85 of our Flame Grill pubs and as a result we are looking again at the pictorial signs at some of the more historic pubs. We are passionate about our pubs and it is heartening that the community appears to be juts as passionate.”